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The International Monetary Fund recommends a
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The heavy rainfall and the massive snow
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Regional
Romania’s Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu
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Solidarity with the United Kingdom<\/strong>
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In a message launched on Wednesday, the Romanian Foreign
A unionist wave is sweeping the Republic of Moldova<\/strong> <\/p>\n
The number of communes and towns in the
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20 years on, since it was honorary guest
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\nbalanced mix of monetary and fiscal policies and support for investment, so
\nthat Romania may be able to uphold the growth pace reported last year. An IMF
\nmission visited Bucharest this week. Fund officials met with Prime Minister
\nViorica Dancila, highlighting the need to step up tax collection and maintain
\npublic spending within sustainable limits. The Prime Minister said the economic
\nand fiscal measures adopted by the Government are viable, estimating an
\neconomic growth of 6.1%, mostly based on investments made with EU funds. For
\nnearly two weeks the IMF made a comprehensive analysis of Romania’s economy, a
\nprocess that must be seen through every year in every EU Member State that has
\nno ongoing agreement with the IMF. Fund officials met with authorities,
\nrepresentatives of political parties, trade unions, business associations,
\nacademia and banks. <\/p>\n
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\nweather across the country<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nmeltdown triggered by the unexpectedly soaring temperatures across the country
\nhave caused a rise in the flow of several rivers in Romania. According to the
\nInterior Ministry, floods affected dozens of villages in various areas, the
\nmost serious of which were reported in central Romania. Line Minister Carmen
\nDan went to personally ascertain the damages, trying to convince the locals to
\nleave their homes until the danger has passed. <\/p>\n
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\nmeetings in Bucharest<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nreceived his Bulgarian and Greek counterparts in Bucharest, Ekaterina Zaharieva
\nand Nikos Kotzias, respectively. The three held talks during the
\nRomania-Bulgaria-Greece trilateral meeting and discussed issues of strategic
\nregional relevance, such as the developments in the Western Balkans, the
\neastern neighbourhood, the Black Sea area, the Danube Strategy and the
\nprospects of the Middle East peace process . The three ministers agreed that
\ncommunity funds are grounded on the principle of European solidarity, and that
\nthe future EU budget should be balanced and not sacrifice subsidies to
\nagriculture and cohesion. Also this week Bucharest hosted a meeting of NATO
\nDefense Ministers from nine former communist states. The Ministers agreed that
\nNATO’s eastern flank must be consolidated. Romania’s Defense Minister Mihai
\nFifor said allied presence is robust alongside NATO’s entire eastern flank,
\nboth in the northeast, in the Baltic States, as well as in the southeast, in
\nRomania and the Black Sea region. Bucharest and Warsaw are the engine of the
\nso-called B9 Initiative, which also comprises Bulgaria, the Czech Republic,
\nEstonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Hungary. The Foreign Ministers of the
\nnine countries wanted to reach a common approach ahead of the NATO Summit
\nscheduled to take place in Brussels in July. <\/p>\n
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\nMinistry has expressed solidarity with the United Kingdom and firmly condemns
\nthe use of a military-grade nerve agent on the territory of an Allied state.
\nThe reaction comes after British Prime Minister Theresa May has said Moscow was
\nguilty of the poisoning, in south-western Great Britain, of the former Russian
\ndouble agent Serghei Skripal, of his daughter and of a British police officer.
\nMany voices of the international community have deemed Skripal’s poisoning as a
\nsevere breach of international norms and agreements on chemical weapons. <\/p>\n
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\nRepublic of Moldova (a former Soviet state with a predominantly Romanian
\nspeaking population) where mayors and local councils have adopted symbolical
\ndeclarations stating their wish to reunite with Romania has reached 120. These
\nlocal leaders as well as all those supporting the reunification idea are
\nexpected in Chishinau this month, to attend a big people’s assembly to mark 100
\nyears since Bessarabia united with Romania.
\nInitiated by the Alliance for the Centennial Anniversary, made up of
\ncivic organisations from the Republic of Moldova, Romania and the diaspora, the
\nmeeting is meant to reiterate their confidence that the Union is the only solution
\nto restoring historical truth, joining the EU and NATO, to ensuring welfare and
\nfreedom. A province with a majority Romanian-speaking population and part of
\nthe Tsarist Empire, Bessarabia united with Romania in the wake of WW I, on
\nMarch 27, 1918. The Soviet Union re-annexed it, in 1940, following an
\nultimatum, and on part of its territory, the current Republic of Moldova was
\nset up. <\/p>\n
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\nbooks in Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nof the International Book Fair in Leipzig, in eastern Germany, Romania has
\nagain enjoyed this status, this week. One of the oldest events of its kind in
\nthe world, which promotes reading, has brought together over 2,500 exhibitors
\nfrom 48 countries. Visitors had the chance to meet Romanian writers who are
\nalready well known in the German-speaking area such as Nora Iuga, Mircea
\nC\u0103rt\u0103rescu, Norman Manea and Filip Florian, as well as budding writers like
\nLavinia Brani\u015fte and Bogdan-Alexandru St\u0103nescu.Over 40
\ntranslations from Romanian literature, most of them supported by the National
\nBook Centre with the Romanian Cultural Institute have been promoted. <\/p>\n